VATICAN CITY — Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning in Rome, signaling that the ...

Most Americans balk at the idea of charging women who get abortions with homicide, but post-Roe, militant anti-abortion ...

My sister and I recently unearthed a forgotten box of correspondence our mom received from servicemen she'd met at Red Cross ...

Two dozen states allow citizens to propose ballot measures. But Republican lawmakers in many of those states are now adding ...

Hundreds of thousands of Velella velella, more commonly known as by-the-wind-sailors, are drifting onto the coastline.

Of 64 women, researchers found that 53% reported using soap, lotion, shampoo, conditioner, skin lightener, eyeliner, eyelash ...

The 133 cardinals in the conclave will participate in as many as four rounds of voting a day until a two-thirds majority is ...

Presidenti Trump did not reveal the trading partner, saying only that it was "A BIG, AND HIGHLY RESPECTED, COUNTRY" and that ...

A report by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says 700,000 Michiganders face the loss of Medicaid coverage ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with author Walter Isaacson about the world America made after World War II.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with music industry executive Ty Stiklorius about the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs and about systemic abuse in the music industry.

City councils in Boise and Salt Lake City have added LGBTQ+ pride flags to the banners that can be flown on city properties in defiance of recent state laws that restrict which flags can be displayed.